D) All of these are actually true. 43. Which of the following is an accurate description of the trend in U.S. adolescentsâ drug use today? A) The proportions of eighth-, tenth-, and twelfth-grade U.S. students using illicit drugs declined in the late 1990s and the first years of the twenty-first century.
Hardest Female First Ascent Ever for 15-Year Old Laura Rogora? Laura Rogora, age 15, has made the first ascent of La Gasparata, 8c+/9a (5.14c/d) at Collepardo, near Rome, after spending only four days on the route. This is one of only a couple of climbs in the running to be the hardest first ascent ever made by a female athlete, and certainly fits Rogora into an extremely elite group of young climbers.
In 1960, a Chinese expedition was the first to conquer the mountain from the Tibetan side, and in 1963 James Whittaker became the first American to top Everest. In 1975, Tabei Junko of Japan became the first woman to reach the summit. Three years later, Reinhold Messner of Italy and Peter Habeler of Austria achieved what had been previously thought impossible: climbing to the Everest summit without oxygen. Nearly two hundred climbers have died attempting to summit the mountain.